Shoe-repair stand



Jue 15 1926.

H. HARRIS SHOE REPAIR STAND Filed Sept. 12, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 RMA-7, lbfonmf June 15,1926. y 1,589,154

H. HARRIS SHOE REPAIR STAND Filed Sept. 12,'1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwiwntox Z/ /0 Har/ y 170771235,

d-mwy amm-ap Patented June 15, 1926.

HARRY HARRIS, or iarcrnrtonn,` VIRGINIA.

SHOE-REPAIR STAND.

Application filed September 12,1925. Serial No. 56,042.

This invention relates to shoe repair stands and has for its object the provision of simple means whereby a shoe will be lirmly supported in proper position to permit heels to be repaired and the operator will.- be relieved of the necessity of manually holding the shoe upon the support. A further object of the invention is to pro-vide means whereby the shoe-holding elements may be easily adjusted to the size of the shoe and will be lirmly retained in the adjusted position, and a still further object ofthe invention is to provide a repair stand of such construction that the `last may be held rigidly in place without the use of extraneous fasteningdevices and various sizes and shapes of lasts may be interchangeably employed without requiring a rearrangement or dismantling of the parts of thestand. These several objects, and other objects which will incidentally appear in the course stantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

of the following description, are attained in the Vuse of such an apparatus as is illustrated in the accompanying` drawings, and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointedv out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a repair stand embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same partly broken away; Y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section sub- Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the shank of a last or shoe-supporting horn, and

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of the standard with whichthe last or shoe horn is engaged.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a standard or post 1 which is preferably an integral casting and is provided with a laterally enlarged base 2 through which cap screws or the like 3 may be inserted into the floor of the workroom to rigidly secure the Stand in an upright position. The standard is provided in its lower portion with a vertical slot or opening 4, and upon one wall of the slot adjacentv the lowerV end thereof is a stop lug 5. A treadle 6 is pivoted at its rear end upon a short post 7 rising from the base 2 and extends through the slot or opening 4 to be engaged at times under the stop lug 5, as will be understood upon reference to Figs. l and 2 L The upper extremity of the standard 1 is flatsided and is preferably rectangular in horizontal outline, as shown at 8, and a horizontal shoulder 9 is formed upon each sideV standard immediately above the bracket mem-y ber so that the bracket will be firmly retained on the standard but may be adjusted across the same by manipulation of a set screw 14 mounted in the end of the bracket and bearing against the front face of the standard, as will be understood upon referf ence tok the drawings. The sides of the standardare also cut away at the upper eX- tremity of the same, providing recesses l5, and a socket 16 is also formed in the upper eX- tremity of the standard communicating with the said recesses, the front and rear walls of the said socket beingV extended abo-ve the sides of the same to form lugs 17, as shown. The last or shoe-supporting horn 18 will be of the proper shape and size to lit within a shoe, indicated at 19, and support the same inv position to be repaired, and a number of A the lasts will be provided so that they may be interchangeably employed and a single stand thereby utilized in repairing shoes `of a wide range of sizes and shapes.v Each last is constructed with a shank20, the lower end of which is reduced and defines a rectangular tongue or stud 21 which is` adapted to fit closely withinthe socket 16 and between the lugs 17. Immediately above the said tongues are lateral shoulders 22 which are adapted to rest upon the upper edges of the sides of the standard which form the bases of the recesses 15 between the lugs 17. Above the said lateral shoulders 22 are other shoulders or projections 23` extending in angular 'relation to the said shoulders 22 whereby they may project over and rest upon the upper ends of the lugs 17. It will thus be seen that the last is supported upon the upper end of the standard so that it cannot rotateV thereon and it is not necessary to employ any screws,

bolts or other extraneous fastening devices to retain the last in place. Vilhen a shoe is placed upon the last and pressure is applied thereto in repairing the shoe, the upward movement of the last from the standard 'is positively prevented.

To retain the shoe upon the last after it has been placed thereon by manual manipulation in the usual manner, a strap 24- is provided which spans ythe shoe and passes downwardly at opposite sides of the last and .the standard to be .connected with .contractile coiled springs 25 which have their lower .ends connected .to the treadle 6, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The bight or. bridging portion of the strap 2a is slit, as shown at 26, whereby itmay be spread so as to pass over the breast i and the back of the heel, as shown in Figs. l

and 2, the central ,portion of the strap'being thus formed into a pair of loops 27 which are adapted to engage the inverted heel over the largestportion thereof .and thereby firmly hold the heel to the shoe and the shoe to the last. In repairing shoes with the stands new most `commonly used, it is necessary for the workman to use one hand to hold the shoe against slipping along the last in order to prevent the heel .of the shoe riding off the end of the last, so. that the necessary support for the heel is missing. To overcome this objection, I provide the presser arm 28 which is pivotally mounted at the upper exe tremity of the bracket ll and has its inner end forked, as shown at 29, whereby it may tit closely .about the shoe counter immediately adjacent the heel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2', and thereby hold the shoe against sliding upon the last. A strap 30 is attached to the under side of the presser arm between the pivot thereof and the last and extends .downwardly therefrom to be connected with the treadle 6 through contractile springs. 3l. If desired, .coupling straps 82 may be secured to the straps 24 and() so as to maintain them in the proper relation and prevent the strap `24 dropping away from the strap 30 so that its engagement over the shoe would be made diilicult. The outer end of the presser arm projects beyond the bracket 11, and a contractile spring 33 extends between the same and the bracket and tends constantly to nliovethe arm out of engagement withk the s loe.

When a shoe is to be repaired, it is lirst slipped yover the sole portion of the last so as to rest thereon in the usual manner and the slitted portion of the strap defining the loops 27 is engaged over the heel, after which the arm 28 Yis manually swung downward so that the forked end 29 thereof will bear against the shoe counter, as shown in Fig. l. The downward movement of the presser arm into engagement with the shoe will, yof course, exert a slight pressure upon .the shoe in the direction of the toe .thereof so that the heel portion of the shoe will be pressed lirmly against the last` and after the arm has been brought down into engagement with the shoe, .the treadle 6 is forced downwardly and then given a slight lateral movement so that it will` be engaged under the stop lug 5, upward movement of the treadle being .thereby prevented and sufficient tension being exerted upon the straps 2li and 3G to hold the shoe firmly upon the stand, leaving both hands of the workman freeto engage in the repair work. lhile the device is intended more particularly .for use in repairing heels, it may be employed in repair work upon the soles of shoes by permitting the arm 28 to remain in its substantially upright position and engaging both of the loops 27 over the shank of the shoe in advance of the breast of the heel. rI`he straps 24 and 30 are detachably connected with the springs 25 and k3l and with the arm 28 sov that either strap may be .easily disconnected and rendered inoperative if the .exigencies of any particular work so demands. A convenient form of coupling is a snap hook, such as shown at 3a. By adjusting the bracket l1 across the standard 1.,.the presser arm 28 ma be easily set so as to properly engage a s oe of any size, it being obvious that a relatively long shoe will project a greater distance from the central vertical plane of the standard l than a relatively short shoe and the last 20 upon which the shoes are engaged, of course, very likewise in their dimensions. After a shoe has been repaired, the treadle 6 is disengaged from the stop lug 5 and the several springs 25, 3l and 38 then at once raise the treadle and release the tension upon the straps 2a and 30 so that the presser arm 28 and the loops 27 may be easily disengaged from the shoe and the shoe removed from the last.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

l. In a shoe repair stand, the combination of a standard provided with a fiat-sided socket in its upper end, lugs rising from the end walls of said socket above the side walls of the same, a last having a flatsided tongue at the lower end of its shank to lit within the socket in the standard and provided with transverse shoulders resting upon the upper ends of the said lugs and longitudinal shoulders resting upon the upper edges of the side walls of the said socket between the lugs whereby rotation of the last upon the standard will be prevented.

2. In a shoe repair stand, the combination of a standard, a last engageable in the upper end of the standard to support a shoe tbereover, a bracket mounted upon the upper end of the standard and projecting rearwardly therefrom, a presser arm pivotally secured between its ends upon said bracket and having its front end adapted to engage the heel portion of a shoe fitted on the last, standard andV resting on said shoulders, a resilient connection between the bracket keeper plates secured to the sides of the and the rear end of said presser arm tendstandard above the said bracket member ing to release the arm from the shoe, a whereby to hold the same to said shoulders, v5 treadle mounted at the lower end of the means for adjusting the bracket along the standard, and a connection between the shoulders, a presser arm pivotally mounted treadle and the presser arm in front of the upon the bracket inposition to engage the bracket whereby to hold the arm in engageheel portion of a shoe fitted on the last, ment with the shoe. means tending to hold said arm out of en- 10 3. In a shoe repair stand, the combination gagement with the shoe, and means cooperoL a standard provided with lateral shoulating with the standard tol hold the arm in ders adjacent its upper end, a last engaged engagement with the shoe. with and supported by the upper end of the In testimony whereof I aiiix my signastandard, a bracket having a lower slotted ture.

l5 member fitted over the upper end of the HARRY HARRIS. [11. 

